Sentences with phrase «of a slog for»

As it is, it's a bit of a slog for the decent material.

Chapters three and four, titled «How Weather Works» and «How Global Warming (Allegedly) Works» were a bit of a slog for this non-scientist.

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That made the rest of February an uphill slog for the index, which finished down 3.9 %, its worst month since January 2016.

For legions of career - minded Boomers, work is far from a slog: in fact, it's enjoyable.

For entrepreneurs burned out by the slog of growing a business in a tepid economy, the temptation to take the money and run must be enormous.

The «confined, ritualistic nature of the White House beat makes it a difficult slog for even the most adversarial reporter,» he says, and with dozens of journalists jockeying for the same stories, very little unique coverage emerges.

It's every startup founder's dream: being acquired for hundreds of millions without years of slogging away for decades.

It is, without a doubt, an uphill slog for an enterprise to make sure everyone is up to date, which is why companies are increasingly more willing to absorb the expense of issuing company - controlled devices to workers.

Traditional publishing is a slog — find an agent, pitch a book and if it's picked up by a publisher, sign away the rights to your work, then spend years doing edits and waiting for the book to slot into a publishing schedule — and the majority of these people don't score a deal, because most entrepreneurs «aren't in a position to be commercially published,» says Sattersten.

It's going to be a tough slog to fix this one, it's one of the relatively few things that Harper can point to as a win for his base.

The whole point of retiring early for us is to NOT slog through life as bored, drone-esque office workers.

Thanks for giving voice to so many of us, people like myself, who often feel as though we are slogging our way through the religious wilderness of fear and judgmentalism.

Some I've loved (The Echo Maker, for instance; I wrote about it here); some I've found very interesting but also maddening (The Time of Our Singing); and a handful have been a slog.

There are new blogs being started every day but those of us who have been slogging it out for a few years (and more) are burning out.

I slogged up the back steps and as I reached for the door knob, fumbling in the 5 p.m. darkness, a vision tumbled through the kitchen windows with a glow of light!

And just when you're ready to pat yourself on the back for a good job done, you realize that you're slogging away, trying to squeeze every last drop of milk as though the survival of the entire human race, nay the entire universe depends on it.

Take the Seahawks game as an example: while Chris Johnson slogged for 2.3 yards per carry on 25 totes, Ellington made the most of his opportunities and rushed for 61 yards on five carries, including the back - breaking 48 - yard touchdown run with 2:07 remaining.

You can't just sign up for the Boston Marathon — the runners slogging their way through 38 degree temperature, whipping wings, and driving rains are some of the best the world has to offer.

Unless baseball voluntarily complies with the decision, which seemed doubtful as of Monday, the case is likely to slog through the legal system and keep the nine umps in limbo for the rest of this season.

It's just been a tough slog for all three, whereas the Nationals were probably set up best to handle a rough season from one or two of them.

Arsenal fans will be hoping that the 26 - year old can now stay injury free, and even better would be if he can start the next season in a similar manner to the way in which he rounded off the last one, after more than a year of real frustration and hard slog for the striker.

That's two win and three draws, and one of those wins was an unimpressive slog against the worst team of the tournament, notable only for a spectacular last - minute goal by Mario Balotelli.

While Ottawa will head home for the spring and summer this weekend, the Penguins will take aim at history now that the long six - month slog of the regular season is behind them.

Will Muschamp's team became bowl eligible before the end of October, but this game was an unsightly slog that Tennessee had under control until late in the third quarter, when South Carolina put together a 12 - play, 95 - yard drive for the game - tying score.

Though more often than not these days I would rather be watching Sunday leaguers slogging it out down at the local park for little more than the joy of the game and competition, I found myself fixated, along with millions of other world citizens, at the unfolding spectacle that is, and has become, El Clasico.

Although there are parachute payments and support available for relegated teams, nothing can be done to remedy damaged egos and the loss of players who don't want to slog it out for a season in a lower league.

Focusing on successful models is an attractive approach for a narrative journalist, too, because people generally prefer reading emotionally resonant stories about individuals in pursuit of a worthy goal to slogging through lots of dry research and statistics.

After struggling with feeding her own kids and slogging through the grip of postpartum depression, she felt strongly that all that pain needed to be for good.

We've been topping 80 degrees regularly for the past few weeks and while slogging through the final month of school my thoughts are all about swimming, sunshine, and SUMMER!

High school was a slog and I was ready to GTFO of there, but middle school was hell on earth for me.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is settling in for a protracted nominating race — a «state by state» slog, as he called it — against former first lady and secretary of state Hillary Clinton.

For state lawmakers, meanwhile, they hope to return to issues after a long slog of the campaign season, including helping cities become more environmentally friendly.

Her complaints about the lack of money available to her show that she either hasn't realised, or wishes to bypass, the hard slog of winning the support of hundreds of local people required to deliver leaflets for, and donate to, your campaign.

«To create an overall plan that you're going to be able to get consensus on is not impossible, but it's a real slog and what I think is happening now with the Council is we are taking the temperature of members on the most important changes that need to happen to get broad support when this comes up for a vote.»

The Republican field has a lot of winnowing to do and the two remaining Democrats could be in for a long slog - but, April 19 is a long way away.

If that Welfare cap doesn't come down pretty quick then some hardworking family earners slogging their guts out for a pittance, with 2 jobs on zero hour contracts, of # 20 000 a year or less, is going to be feeling pretty miffed that some couch potato is on # 21K and s / he is only on 20k, or less.

She told the same programme: «I certainly wouldn't want to stand down in any circumstances, having slogged round the country talking to tens of thousands of party members for the last two months.

[6] Clarke, who declined Cameron's offer of the Leadership of the House of Commons, [7] explained that when Cameron asked him to become Shadow Business Secretary in 2009, the men agreed that he would serve in the cabinet for two years, and that «At my age, it is time for me to step back from the slog of running a large department, but I am delighted to have been given a more advisory political role».

By Sean Ryan The state is simultaneously slogging through a backlog of applications for lead removal licenses and reassuring contractors they will not be penalized for violating the new rules.

For Ms. Teachout, a congressional campaign will be less of an uphill slog.

Rather than wait for a kindly benefactor to appear and reward your years of hard slog, there is something practical you can do.

He noted that the idea of a supercritical carbon dioxide power cycle dates back to the 1940s, but steam cycles were already very efficient, well - understood and cheap, creating an uphill slog for a new power block to catch on.

But for racing devotees, the task of selecting a Derby winner is a serious business, usually requiring a mental slog through a mound of data on past races and rating of form.

But a computer game that puts those kids on the front line of a battlefield inside the human body — where cancer cells and chemotherapy drugs are slogging it out for supremacy — just might persuade them that it's important to keep taking the drugs.

«It's thrilling when you help solve a case but sometimes the job can be a slog — you have to be very thorough; there is no room for cutting corners as our work has to stand up in a court of law.»

For a lot of people, especially for those who go to the gym and slog it out on the treadmill, they'll be getting fit and there will be physical benefits to this sort of exercise, but it's unlikely they'll be getting psychological benefits,» says sport psychologist Dr Jeremy AdaFor a lot of people, especially for those who go to the gym and slog it out on the treadmill, they'll be getting fit and there will be physical benefits to this sort of exercise, but it's unlikely they'll be getting psychological benefits,» says sport psychologist Dr Jeremy Adafor those who go to the gym and slog it out on the treadmill, they'll be getting fit and there will be physical benefits to this sort of exercise, but it's unlikely they'll be getting psychological benefits,» says sport psychologist Dr Jeremy Adams.

The result: «a homogenous slog of gasping for breath between half - hearted repetitions,» he adds.

You find it hard to think clearly, and you feel like you spend your days slogging thru a vat of waist - deep oatmeal, it just takes way more effort than it should for you to accomplish anything.

I personally slaughtered my thyroid and adrenal glands and destroyed any hormonal balance I once had; I will be slogging with these issues for the rest of my life.

No more of the «burn» for an hour, slogging (slow + jogging) for an hour, or mindlessly going nowhere on an elliptical or treadmill.